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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1928
Page
2
Numerous updates from Greencastle and surroundings list residents visiting relatives in Terre Haute Martinsville and Indianapolis and others returning home for the holidays. Mentions of illnesses funerals fire calls and civic duties accompany notes on local and regional residents and guests.
In Indianapolis on December 26 hog prices were generally steady with bulk sold from 160 to 300 pounds at 9.25. Cattle market showed strength as vealers rose about 50 cents to around 16.00. Sheep market held steady while lambs advanced with top fat lambs at 15.00 and bulk lambs from about 14.00 to 15.00.
An organization meeting of the Putnam County Farm Bureau will be held at 7:30 pm Friday in Cloverdale with W. T. Martindale from the state office among the speakers.
Green Castle citizens honored Putnam County Hospital staff and patients over Christmas. High School Glee Club and First Ward school children performed. Boy Scouts and First Ward children placed two Christmas trees in the saw parlors. Candles glowed at six and church groups sang carols at seven and nine with Santa Chuet giving gifts. A Christmas morning carol group led by local residents continued the tradition.
Miss Lela Walls invites guests to a dinner bridge at 6 45 o clock Thursday evening at her West Washington Street home. The Cannon home on East Seminary Street hosted a Christmas Day family gathering with guests from Greencastle Gary and New York including Mrs Catherine Call Miss Ann Cannon James Cannon Judge and Mrs James Hughes and their son James Mr and Mrs Frank Cannon and children and Miss Helen Black Miss Mary Catherine Cannon of New York City returned to New York Wednesday.
Returning from a Christmas visit Mr and Mrs Frank Hetherton of Indianapolis were seriously hurt when their car overturned on the National road west of Brazil Indiana. Mrs Hetherton was pinned under the car and a passing Interstate bus struck the wreck injuring Hetherton. both were taken to the local hospital.
The passage describes a woman active in the Daughters of the American Revolution and her literary pursuits. It notes her social circle and states she belonged to a type of woman that is dying out, highlighting her varied interests beyond friendship.
Classified listings advertise a January 1 rental six room house with modern features in Greencastle, several apartments available February 1, a distinctive Old English brick veneer home for sale or rent in Hanna Heights, and a steam boiler sale. Also note detection of 19 White Wyandotte chickens held at Haven's Bros. Poultry House and an owner identification appeal.
Clifton Sennear a black man from Paducah Kentucky was held by police in Brazil Indiana on December 26 for the murder of two men, one white, occurring last February. He had been in hiding for months until found intoxicated along the railroad tracks.
The double marriage of Leona and Lodell Robbins of near Roachdale to Glenn Gibson and Osel Gilmore of Bainbridge was held in Paris Illinois on December 15. Rev A R Grammer officiated. The couples plan future moves to Greencastle and near Fincastle with families nearby.
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